The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-18

wound, from which the blood spouted in
a steam.
AT Americas Charlie Christian, a young
rnulatto, was stabbed twice in the hack Just
above the hip, about 2 o'clock on Sunday
morning. He, in company with several
companions, among whom were Pete Harris
and Jinks Simmons, were spending the
evening at Liberty Hail. a favorite rem
devious on Troup street During the even
ing, or rather morning, a fight ensued be-
tween the three, in which Christian received
the cuts alluded to above. Both Simmons
and Harris have jumped the city, as neither
could be found by the officers Monday morn
| ing. The wounds inflicted are painful but
/ not dangerous, and will in all probability
heal up in short while. AS matter of
course, the fight was about woman.
A meeting of the Executive Committee of
the Interstate Agricultural Convention has
Just been held at the Department OF Agri-
culture at Atlanta. The time was spent in
1 arranging for the proposed convention. II
was decided to again write the Governors of
those States which have not responded to
/ the committees letters and urge upon them
the necessity of appointing delegates to the
| convention. Replies have already been re-
4 ceiyed from Gov. Scales of North Carolina,
i Gov, Ross of Texas, Gov. Perry of Florida,
/ Gov McEnnery of Louisiana, and Gov. Tay-
/ Tor of Tennessee, making, with Georgia, six
| States which will certainly be represented
| In some instances the delegates have al
| ready been appointed. Those which have
| not been heard from are Alabama, South
| Carolina, Mississippi and Arkansas. The
convention will be Seld in this city, COM
| mencing ON Aug 16 From present appear
| ances it will be grand affair.
Last month when Cooks variety show was
entertaining the public at Augusta the pro-
| prietor found himself short of cash and bor-
rowed of one Rooney by name $500, for
| which he agreed to pay $50 interest. Cook
is man without education, and signed what
| lie thought to be note, but when now APP
| pears to be a bill of sale of the show and
txtnret TO Rooney. After leaving
Macon and thence to Atlanta. At
| the latter place Rooney concluded
y.iat he could manage the business without
| Cooks assistance, and informed him that he
| was no longer needed. Such action on Roo
| ney's part was inexplicable to Cook until he
became aware that he had signed bill of
| sale. He protested and offered to pay the
loan for which no time was specified. To
this Rooney would not agree, and the case
is now before Judge Roney, who viii give
hearing May 80, to show cause, if any, why
a receiver should not be appointed.
The Bibb County Commissioners have ac-
cepted the new building constituting the
RoR Home or county almshouse, and the
Keys were turned over to Supt.
Harmon. Rolf Home is situated upon a
tract containing forty-two acres of land,
donated for the purpose by the late A A.
Rolf, Of Macon. 1t is high and dry, and
one can stand in the door Of any of the
buildings and look down upon the city, the
emlnence upon which the buildings have
been erected being on level with the top
Of Wesleyan Female College. There are
fifteen buildings in the group as follows:
Home of superintendent, mess hall, Office,
| eight cottages, two bath rooms, one wash
| house and one pest house. These
are all neat and strongly built and
| nicely painted. The original contract
called for the superintendent home, office.
mess hall and cottages, and was given to G.,
| B. Pettitt The bath, wash and pest houses
| were built by the Fulghum Bros. The cost
| to the county for the original eleven build
| ings was S14, 100, and that of the additional
| four houses was 81 $40, making a total
| cost of 40. In making the appropria-
| ton the Commissioners made an allowance
for extras which in a contract of such size
| would be necessary. These extras only
amounted to $45. Three wells are to be dug
to supply the water.
The circumstances of the McNar tragedy
| in Butts county are about as follows, as
stated by Mrs. McNair: About - o'clock
| at night some unknown person called out,
| in the public road in front of McNair's
| house for light, saying that his horse was
tangled in the harness and it was so dark
| that he could not see how to untangle his
horse. McNair opened the door and asked
| who it was, and the reply was that his name
was Jinks. Whereupon McNair Lit a lamp
and went out of the house in the direction
| of the man. He had only proceeded about
| five steps from the front of the veranda
when shot was fired from the corner Of the
| house, and McNair fell without a eroan
1 1oaA will, fbirtaaYa h,3ol tb0 -
his neck and shoulders Mrs. McNair
called to her husband and
asked il he was hurt. and the
| parties commenced firing again, shooting
six or seven times. The last shooting was
with pistols. One or two balls were found
on the ground near McNairs body. the
| pistols used must have been double acting
caliber 80. After the shooting was over
Mrs. McNair ran out to look after her hus-
band and found him lying on his face dead
| She says she heard some person walking
very fast. Tracks were found approaching
| the house. The tracks of three men could
| be SEEM one with shoes on and two Others III
stocking feet. The tragedy was well planned
| and carried out. The parties We're tracked
| as far as the woods and they could not be
traced any farther. The County Coroner
| was summoned to the scene and empanneled
a jury, and after investigation came to the
| following verdict: "We find that the de-
| cettSeu came TO MS ueatn from gunShOt
wound from the hands Of some unknown
| person or persons"
Col. NJ J. Hatcher, of Macon, after twelve
months study, has invented wagon that
| he thinks will revolutionize the wagon
manufacturing of the country, especially
now that the right kind of wood is getting
scarcer. This wagon is made of wrought
iron, with the exception of the wheels, and
any kind or make of wheels can be used.
1t is to be called Hatcher's reversible axle
wagon. The wagon now in the shops of the
Collins Manufacturing Company is made
principally of gas pipe and yet it is lighter
and stronger than the ordinary road wagon.
The axles are piping, and the frame is put
| upon them in such an ingenious yet simple
! way that there is not the possibility Of a
bend or break. The frame, hounds and gem
eral gearing is Of wrought iron, and there is
not bolt or nut in the entire work. There
is nothing about the gearing or frame to
wear, and it will last fifty or 100 years. Rust
is the only thing that will injure it.
and Zoe. worth of paint a year will
| prevent that. The principal point of the
| invention is the axle. This is reversible.
! There is q spindle on which the wheel re-
| wolves, one end Of which revolves in a box
| in the end OF the axle. When the wheel
spindle gets worn the ends can be reversed,
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